Figure 1. Percentages of deaths from injury and other causes in the United States in 1980, by age.

Figure 1

Percentages of deaths from injury and other causes in the United States in 1980, by age. Modified from Baker, S. P., B. O'Neill, and R. Karpf. The Injury Fact Book (Lexington, Mass.: Lexington Books, 1984).

AgeInjuriesCongenital AnomaliesCancerPneumonia/ InfluenzaHeart DiseaseLiver DiseaseStrokeOther
1-446%13%7%3% 4%——27%
5-1455%5%14%—3%——23%
15-2479%—5%—3% ——13%
25-3462%—10%—6%3% —19%
35-4431%—21%—20%6%4%18%
45-647%—32%—36%4%5%16%
65+2%—19%3%48%—10%18%

From: Executive Summary

Cover of Injury In America
Injury In America: A Continuing Public Health Problem.
Institute of Medicine (US) and National Research Council (US) Committee on Trauma Research.
Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 1985.
Copyright © National Academy of Sciences.

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